​My life has been filled with endless to-do lists and a drive to complete them, no matter the effect on my body. By completing these endless tasks I felt like I was achieving so much and was always seen by others to be “doing so well in life”. This put a lot of unnecessary pressure on me to perform and I would be very hard on myself if I didn’t finish the crazy goals I had set. I lived on nervous energy and anxiety, making me exhausted by the end of a working week.

The stress I placed on myself was insurmountable and I felt like I could never really get to that place of perfection. I was setting myself up for failure from the get-go and this was taking its toll on my body.